Former Liverpool star Luis Garcia says the Reds have to end their long wait for a trophy this season.

Liverpool have won just two trophies in 11 years, with their last coming in a penalty-shootout victory over Cardiff in the 2012 League Cup.

The Reds’ wait more honours will stretch into it’s sixth year this term, and the first silverware the team could win this season is the Carabao Cup next February, and Garcia believes Jurgen Klopp’s squad can end that barren run report the Liverpool Echo.

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“He has been at the club nearly two years and has been trying to build a team similar to the one he had back in Germany.

“This has to be the season where the trophies are coming back to the club. I think he is doing a good job and has brought in some of the players he wanted.

“Now it’s the time for him to show that the team is ready to face everything.”

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (Image: Adam Davy/PA Wire.)

Garcia won the FA Cup and the Champions League during his three years with Liverpool, and the former playmaker feels Klopp's side is better than the Rafa Benitez team that lifted the European Cup in Istanbul back in 2005.

“If you look at the players and some of their performances you can say why not have a go at the Champions League,” he added.

“When I was at Liverpool nobody really knew too much about us until we reached the 2005 final.

“Everyone was surprised but I think the team now is a lot better than back then.

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The Reds begin their Champions League campaign with a visit from Sevilla on Wednesday before a trip to Spartak Moscow later this month.

Despite his sending off in Saturday’s 5-0 defeat to Manchester City, Sadio Mane is available for selection against the La Liga side, and Klopp also stated that Philippe Coutinho could return to the fold for his first game of the season.